Video shows Mt. Aso post-eruption

Video shows Mt. Aso post-eruption

A TV crew approaches the caldera of Mt. Aso for the first time in almost two-and-a-half years.

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Outsize sea angels attract visitors

Outsize sea angels attract visitors

Jumbo sea angels wow visitors at a sea ice museum in northern Japan.

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Suga seeks Trump's understanding of trade imbalance

Suga seeks Trump's understanding of trade imbalance

Japan's top spokesman Yoshihide Suga seeks US President Donald Trump's understanding of the US trade deficit with Japan.

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Sharp could build LCD panel factory in US

Sharp could build LCD panel factory in US

Sharp Corporation considers building a liquid crystal display panel factory in the United States.

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Japan to explain itself clearly: Asakawa

Japan to explain itself clearly: Asakawa

Ahead of a Japan-US summit, a top Japanese finance official says his country will explain its position clearly. In the b...

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Tundra swans head north

Tundra swans head north

Tundra swans that winter in Japan are returning north to Siberia.

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Japan restarts offshore work for relocating US air base

Japan restarts offshore work for relocating US air base

Japan's Defense Ministry starts dropping concrete blocks into the sea to prevent the spread of murky seawater at a locat...

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Abe determined to end territorial dispute with Russia

Abe determined to end territorial dispute with Russia

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin are determined to end the territorial di...

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More water tests at Toyosu market

More water tests at Toyosu market

Experts are conducting more water tests at the contaminated Toyosu market, the site where the famous Tsukiji fish market...

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World's first donor stem cell retinal transplants going ahead

World's first donor stem cell retinal transplants going ahead

Scientists in Kyoto will proceed with the world's first retinal transplants using cells grown from donor iPS stem cells....

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